Filmmakers line up for space in Mid-Market

Independent filmmakers will soon find out whether they’ve nabbed a cheap office space for rent from the city.

As of Monday, at least 10 cinematographers had applied to rent one of the 12 offices available at 134A Golden Gate Ave. through the Film Commission’s new program, the San Francisco Film Collective.

Commission officials had extended the deadline by two weeks after the program initially didn’t draw as much interest as hoped. The prize is a year-long lease, starting July 1, for office space in the 10,000-square-foot Mid-Market building at a cost of $1 to $1.50 per square foot.

Applicants were required to either be San Francisco residents or working on projects that are primarily set in the city and likely to have a “positive effect” on the local economy.

While the commission won’t notify and announce the winners until Friday, Executive Director Susannah Greason Robbins said all the applicants have “intriguing” projects in the works.